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Charleston Attorneys for businesses and professionals since 1938.
At Barnwell Whaley our attorneys are more than just lawyers. They're accountants, chemists, engineers, nurses and MBAs, so they know their way around a board room, a hospital room or a laboratory every bit as well as they do around a court room.
Types of law practiced
Barnwell Whaley attorneys practice law in South Carolina and elsewhere in 20 practice areas, from admiralty and aviation to workers compensation.
Representative clients
Barnwell Whaley clients include Sawgrass Technologies, Maybank Industries Group, The Medical University of South Carolina, the S.C. Ports Authority, Traveler’s Insurance, CNA Insurance, The Citadel (including its defense in the landmark case attempting to admit women to the institution in 1995), and Lloyds of London, among others.
Meet our attorneys. 
At Barnwell Whaley our attorneys are more than just lawyers. They're accountants, chemists, engineers, nurses and MBAs, so they know their way around a board room, a hospital room or a laboratory every bit as well as they do around a court room.
Types of law practiced
Barnwell Whaley attorneys practice law in South Carolina and elsewhere in 20 practice areas, from admiralty and aviation to workers compensation.
Representative clients
Barnwell Whaley clients include Sawgrass Technologies, Maybank Industries Group, The Medical University of South Carolina, the S.C. Ports Authority, Traveler’s Insurance, CNA Insurance, The Citadel (including its defense in the landmark case attempting to admit women to the institution in 1995), and Lloyds of London, among others.
Meet our attorneys. 
At Barnwell Whaley our attorneys are more than just lawyers. They're accountants, chemists, engineers, nurses and MBAs, so they know their way around a board room, a hospital room or a laboratory every bit as well as they do around a court room.
At Barnwell Whaley, our attorneys are more than just lawyers.

They're accountants, chemists, engineers, nurses and MBAs, so they know their way around a hospital room, board room or a laboratory every bit as well as they do around a court room.

Types of law practiced

Barnwell Whaley attorneys practice law in South Carolina and elsewhere in 20 practice areas, from admiralty and aviation to workers compensation.

At Barnwell Whaley our attorneys are more than just lawyers. They're accountants, chemists, engineers, nurses and MBAs, so they know their way around a board room, a hospital room or a laboratory every bit as well as they do around a court room.

Recent News
All lawsuites filed in Charleston County on or after June 1, 2013 are subject to mandatory Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) procedures.

Barnwell Whaley nurse attorney Alissa D. Fleming names South Carolina Super Lawyers Rising Star, joins Cooke, Stoney and Lipscomb on prestigious list. [ Barnwell Whaley Super Lawyers ]

Phillip Ferderigos, a member attorney of Barnwell Whaley Patterson & Helms, LLC, has recently attained his South Carolina Board of Arbitrator and Mediator Certification from the South Carolina Bar Association. [more mediators ]

On New Year’s Day 2013, Charleston law firm Barnwell Whaley Patterson & Helms, LLC celebrates its 75th anniversary. [ New Barnwell Whaley Charleston law offices ]

Charleston law firm Barnwell Whaley Patterson & Helms, LLC has been included in U.S. News Media Group and Best Lawyers 2013 “Best Law Firms” rankings, having
achieved Tier 1 (the highest) ranking in the areas of Commercial Litigation, Litigation-Eminent Domain & Condemnation, Personal Injury Litigation-Defendants and Trademark Law. [ Barnwell Whaley Best Law Firm ]

Barnwell Whaley Charleston Best Lawyers
Barnwell Whaley Patterson & Helms, LLC member attorneys William C. Helms, M. Dawes Cooke, Jr., B.C. Killough and Special Counsel Ernest B. Lipscomb were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers of America 2013 (Copyright 2012 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, SC.) [ Barnwell Whaley Best Lawyers ]